WorldBox

Its point of contact with Cities in Motion is a sandbox world, single-player focus and base building. To that it adds an isometric view. They part company on visuals: this one brings pixel art.
Released 7 years after Cities in Motion.

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We filtered the 36 games similar to Cities in Motion down to the 7 that fit the “Mobile” category. WorldBox, shapez and Townscaper top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Cities in Motion.
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Within the “Mobile” category, the closest game to Cities in Motion is WorldBox — scoring 79/100 on our similarity scale. shapez and Townscaper follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Cities in Motion. Each one has been evaluated across 7 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

Its point of contact with Cities in Motion is a sandbox world, single-player focus and base building. To that it adds an isometric view. They part company on visuals: this one brings pixel art.
Released 7 years after Cities in Motion.

What carries over from Cities in Motion is a sandbox world, single-player focus and base building. To that it adds an isometric view. They part company on world: this one brings open world exploration.
Released 9 years after Cities in Motion.

It comes from the same genre as Cities in Motion and shares a sandbox world, single-player focus and base building. The common ground extends to an isometric view. Where the two diverge is world and progression: exploration and discovery, and procedural generation.
Released 9 years after Cities in Motion.

Genre puts it alongside Cities in Motion, and so does a sandbox world, single-player focus and resource management. The distance is in visuals and world — its own ground is open world exploration and a first-person view.
Released 7 years after Cities in Motion.

Same family as Cities in Motion: a sandbox world, single-player focus and base building. Where the two diverge is visuals and progression: exploration and discovery, and open world exploration.
Released 8 years after Cities in Motion.

Its point of contact with Cities in Motion is single-player focus and resource management. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is a top-down view.
Released 10 years after Cities in Motion.

Its point of contact with Cities in Motion is single-player focus, base building and an isometric view. They part company on game mode: this one brings multiplayer gameplay.
Released 4 years after Cities in Motion.
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